North Korea has tested another underwater drone capable of generating radioactive tsunamis, the official North Korean news agency reported Tuesday.
The test took place between Saturday and Monday, KCNA said, adding that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected several models of nuclear warheads at the headquarters of the Pyongyang Nuclear Weapons Research Institute.
The announcement came after the North Korean regime announced the existence of this new submarine weapon on Friday, apparently in response to military maneuvers by South Korea and the United States in the region.
The drone (unmanned aerial device), which KCNA identified as Haeil-1 (Tsunami-1, in Korean), was tested off the east coast and detonated the simulated warhead in the target area, after traveling 600 kilometers in a route” irregular and elliptical” for 41 hours and 27 minutesS.
The test served to verify the “reliability and safety” of the weapon.
South Korea said Monday it doubted the capabilities of the drone, similar to Russia’s Poseidon torpedo, and that it is in a very early stage of development.
During the visit to the institute, KCNA also noted, Kim Jong-un “familiarized” with “the technical specifications of the new tactical nuclear weapons, according to the targets to be achieved, the structural and operational characteristics and compatibility with different weapons systems”. systems”.
Kim was also briefed on progress in automating the Haekbangsoe (Korean word for “nuclear firing”) combined nuclear weapons management system, “the scientific accuracy, reliability and safety of which have been rigorously tested during the recent tactical exercise simulating a nuclear counterattack” . the agency said, referring to an exercise conducted by Pyongyang ten days ago.
Source: DN
